ZenCart Multi Database's Access

[DGJOHNSON]

I have a small problem, that maybe somebody can help me out. I am in the process of setting up 3 different shopping carts (Computer Stores) with 3 different databases.

Is there a method within ZenCart that can be modified to access all three databases in a search mode in comparison shopping for a product: (Computer Model: X112) .

Example: Computer Model: X112 - Retail Price: $1499.99

Database #1 - Price: $1299.00
Database #2 - Price: $1325.00
Database #3 - Price: $ 999.00

At this point the customer can select the least expensive product from Database #3. (Computer Model: X112 $ 999.00)

I guess to make this work is to have a master Search and Checkout module that can list any products selected from any database and produce a customer checkout sheet.

This would help out the customer to beable to do some comparison shopping to find the lowest price available, with the databases available.

Or is there a module that can perform a search for any type of product the customer is looking for, that will access all 3 databases and produce the listing.

Looking forward in hearing somebody soon.


Sincerely,

Dave

[stevesh]

Not within Zencart, no. I think that would require a lot of custom coding of the search function.

Just out of curiosity, is your intent to 'trick' the customer into thinking he's getting a lower price? In other words, are the 2 sites with the higher prices just bogus sites that exist to supply the 'higher' prices? If so, I'd think there would be an easier way of doing that than creating two whole phony sites.